Emma Stefansky
Tomatometer-approved critic
| Publications: | Vanity Fair, ScreenCrush, Uproxx, Polygon |
Movie Reviews Only
| Rating | T-Meter | Title | Year | Review |
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| 95% | A Quiet Place (2018) |
A Quiet Place sits comfortably in the fun, poppy subgenre of horror, a popcorn thriller more than a dread-infused meditation on terror, but manages to play around with its own setting and characters enough to stand out.‐ Uproxx
Read More | Posted Aug 26, 2018
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| 91% | Teen Titans Go! To the Movies (2018) |
The simplest way to describe it would be a diet version of The LEGO Batman Movie: a film so self-referential it puts even Deadpool's fourth-wall-busting to shame.‐ Polygon
Read More | Posted Aug 26, 2018
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| 80% | Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018) |
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again is almost aggressively a movie for everyone to enjoy, a bouncy escape from reality where all problems are resolved in the time it takes to belt out a couple tunes.‐ Uproxx
Read More | Posted Jul 20, 2018
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| 48% | Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) |
There is a little bit of the wonder and joy that made the original so special embedded deep within Fallen Kingdom, which I credit to Bayona, whose primary drive has always been to sprinkle just enough emotion into the stories he tells.‐ Uproxx
Read More | Posted Jun 5, 2018
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| 6/10 | 57% | Under the Silver Lake (2018) |
Films like this about slow-burn conspiracies that take ages to unravel their cheeky premises rarely live up to all the work that goes into watching them get there, and Under the Silver Lake is no different... But maybe the resolution isn't the point.‐ ScreenCrush
Read More | Posted May 21, 2018
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| 4/10 | 34% | Fahrenheit 451 (2018) |
Reads like a C-minus high school paper: it understands that the book burning is bad, but it doesn't really get why. ‐ ScreenCrush
Read More | Posted May 15, 2018
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| 7/10 | 95% | BlacKkKlansman (2018) |
Stallworth's mission did not save the country from its original sin, and Spike Lee's film refuses to absolve us.‐ ScreenCrush
Read More | Posted May 15, 2018
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| 14% | Blumhouse's Truth or Dare (2018) |
Truth or Dare again proves that, even with projects that aren't in prestige realm, Jason Blum's production studio is the horror house to watch.‐ Uproxx
Read More | Posted Apr 12, 2018
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| 92% | Love, Simon (2018) |
Love, Simon isn't a subtle movie by any means, but it ought to be praised for normalizing something that should have been normal from the start.‐ Uproxx
Read More | Posted Mar 13, 2018
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| 38% | Gringo (2018) |
It's an especially fun dark comedy from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.‐ Uproxx
Read More | Posted Mar 8, 2018
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| 56% | The Greatest Showman (2017) |
The Greatest Showman is earnest, joyful, not bad enough to be bad, but not good enough to be the next Rent.‐ Uproxx
Read More | Posted Dec 20, 2017
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